Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars and along with the mortal fear of being sued, I only lay claim to the story idea and any real life similarities are completely coincidental.
Summary: Randy Orton watches as a new recruit to the RAW locker room has an unfortunate accident and steps in to help her. Will love bloom or are these two superstars only bound together through guilt?
Additional Characters: Shawn, Trish, Paul, Matt, Jeff and Stacy (as Angels on the Other Side) and some others. The main female lead is also a WWE superstar.
Additional Information: Fourth novel in the Love United Series.
A/N: You know I hate weekends now? I mean this is the second weekend in a row where I haven't gotten any reviews, aside from two from Phoenix. I mean come on, they make this big of a site and they can't keep that in order? Or is it that I just get too many to keep track of? None the less, I got them all now, I read them all from the site, so thank you all and yes alas, by the end of this weekend this story will be done, thank you chapter up and over with. I also wanted to share one piece of news with all of you that love this series; I am combining two stories into one for the next book. I had originally planned for it to be two, but they work better together as a whole since they will deal with the same female lead. So there will be a book six, but it won't be what you thought it was. Thanks for the support about the two Randy stories mistake I made, LOL and I will continue to work on both, thank god this one is almost over though, it makes it easier. For the record, this one night is being dragged out as it will end on that note. Which means the ending of the story is tomorrow as promised. So be on the lookout for it.
Shawn barreled into the house, searching nearby for some sort of clock that told him what time it was. He had done what Randy wanted, almost buying out three different flower shops before finally calling it quits. If he didn't have enough flowers by now then Randy was going to be just shit out of luck. He had never been so tired or felt so damn old in his entire life.
"Shawn is that you man?" the man in question called from the kitchen where he seemed to be hard at work making the night really happen.
"Yeah and don't say I don't like you ever again. Two damn hours in about 20 flower shops buying what they would willingly give me without a reason for it and I don't even know if it is enough."
Randy made his way into the entry way to the house and looked at all the bags in Shawn's hands. If the man hadn't done it well then he had damn near come pretty close, Randy had never seen so many flowers in his life.
"Do I really need that many flowers Shawn?" Randy asked, knowing it would tick his friend off but not caring, because it was funny to see Shawn so run down and haggard and all he had done was shopping.
"Shut up; just tell me where to put these. I also think that when I get home I better hug my wife for being the one that does ALL of our shopping." Shawn said, muscling up some more stamina to move them where Randy had motioned he could.
"I think she might like that, and I might even get a thank you for showing you how hard it is to be a woman." Flashing his typical smile he motioned for Shawn to follow him to the kitchen where he finally had everything the way he wanted it.
Sitting down, Shawn decided to take another crack at asking what the younger man had in mind for the woman in his life. "So you going to tell me what this is all about man or do I still have to wait?"
"No, I will tell you man, after all the shopping you did for me, it is the least I can do."
Shawn waited while Randy fiddled with something cooking on the stovetop wondering just where the hell Paul had taken off too. It didn't take all that long for him to find out.
"He took off about an hour ago, once I finally woke him up. Ever used cold water on him when he falls asleep at your house? Man it worked like a dream!" Randy told him causing Shawn to imagine just how funny it would have looked to see Paul at that moment. For someone who didn't work for the WWE anymore, he was always asleep somewhere or another.
"Yeah, bet it worked well. So what do you have planned for her tonight?"
Randy smiled again, the faintest bit of a glow making his face light up the whole room. Shawn remembered that look fondly; he still hadn't lost it even after years of being married to the woman of his dreams.
"Well I figured since I didn't have anyone to pamper on Valentine's Day and then for weeks afterward, I thought she might like a little surprise. I am going to get your help in placing the flowers all the way from the front walk to the bedroom, and then from there to the bathroom, where I will have a bath waiting for her. When all of that is said and done I want them leading back into the kitchen, and then back to the bed if you know what I mean."
Shawn rolled his eyes, knowing exactly what Randy had meant, but not knowing if he wanted to know anything more then he knew now. Somehow knowing other people's sexual lives scared him. He figured that was why kids always got sick when they would think of their parents having sex to even make them. "That is too much information for me man, you mind going on about something else now?"
Randy winked at Shawn, the grin still paramount on his face and showing no signs of going away. "I figured you wouldn't want to know anything else."
"You want me to get started on those flowers now man, so you can finish with the food?"
Randy nodded and Shawn went back to work, ready to make this truly a night to remember for his friend. If there was anything he could do to make sure these two lovebirds got together, this was his chance.
Jackie stepped into the car and turned the ignition, still completely thrown that things have turned out as well as they had. Was it possible that she was finally going to get it right? Did she really have a healthy love in her future? One that wouldn't be broken because of business and politics?
Her mind flashed back to three days before, when they had finally admitted what was going on between them. Of all the memories she had of her time with Randy, the start wasn't one of her finest moments. But then ending hadn't turned out too bad, and the overall memory was what really matters.
Flashback – Hospital – 3 Days Earlier
Thoughts of Stacy and their conversation still filling her mind, she slammed her way into the room, coming head to head with Paul and not liking it one bit. If Stacy wanted to come back to him, she was going to have to do it another way, not at the stake of her sanity that was for sure.
"Paul; do you mind getting the hell out of here for a little while? I need to talk to Randy and I don't want an audience."
Paul ducked out of dodge almost immediately, as if sensing as soon as she entered the room that he shouldn't be anywhere near her. She was a woman on a mission and Paul didn't want to get caught in the war, it was bad enough Stacy had thrown him into it to begin with.
When they were finally alone, Jackie took a seat in the chair directly beside where Randy now sat, as straightened as he would ever get.
"Listen Jackie, if this anger is about earlier then I want to say—
"I don't care what you want to say Randy Keith Orton. You are going to listen to what I have to say for a change and then you can do whatever the hell you want. I am not going to be kicked out of this room again for something that some Angel did to you and then somehow got pinned on me."
As she took her breath, Randy thought he was allowed to finally speak. "I know, that is what I wanted to say before you cut me—
"I love you, you silly dumb idiot and I have all of this time. I didn't ask for it, but with all of the help you gave me, and the shock you have carried around with you for as long as I have known you, it just happened. I wanted to be friends, and now I want to be yours. Do you hear me, I want to be YOUR'S."
Randy just took it all in, afraid to speak knowing how pissed off she seemed to be at that moment. When it finally looked like she wasn't going to cut him off, he tried to speak again. "That is what I have been trying to tell you Jackie. I didn't want to kick you from the room. At least not after what I learned really happened. I didn't want to be an asshole; I wanted to be your knight in shining armor. I thought since you seem to like fairy tales, we could work past what I did and make one together. Don't you get it? I love you too."
"You what?" she choked out, not sure she had heard him correctly but knowing that her heart had just sped up to beats she knew weren't normal.
"I said I love you too. I have loved you since I first laid eyes on you, but it wasn't proper to make a move back then. After everything that happened to me after the accident with you, well now I think I can admit it without being slapped. Will you make a fairy tale ending with me Jackie?"
All she could do was nod at that point, all of her upset totally vanished and love totally filling her heart. Was all of this really happening to her, was he asking her to give him another shot and to really make something of what they both felt?
"I won't slap you Randy. I would never actually slap you."
She stretched herself across the bed then, allowing herself for the first time since she had gotten her sight back to really open up her heart to someone. As their lips touched, the same spark hit them, and little known to them, all of heaven finally rejoiced.
As she continued to drive the long road back to her home, back to where the man of her dreams waited for her, she couldn't seem to do it quick enough. Things were finally going to work out, and she was going to get what she had been searching for her entire life. She had finally gotten the love of the right man, and knew this was real and not a dream any more.
